Hairdo protector

ABSTRACT

A cover for protecting a hairdo made up of a generally cylindrical head receiving skirt portion, open at the bottom and having shoulder receiving contours formed in the lower edge of the skirt portion. A window is formed in the front of the skirt portion to provide an open space for vision of the wearer and a dome portion closes the top of the cylindrical skirt. Cords are provided for tying the skirt around the torso of the wearer, so that the wearer can remove a garment over his or her head without disturbing the hairdo.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the invention to provide an approved hair protector.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hair protector forprotecting hairdos while changing clothing.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hairdo protector that issimple in construction, economical to manufacture and simple andefficient to use.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsof the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes maybe made in the form, size, proportions, and minor details ofconstruction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a side view of the hairdo protector according to theinvention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the hairdo protector.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the hairdo protector.

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on Line 4--4 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view similar to FIG. 4 of another embodimentof the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention disclosed herein is a hairdo protector for protecting ahairdo while the wearer is changing clothing that involves pulling agarment over the person's head that would ordinarily disturb the hairdo.The protector's side wall 10 is made up generally of a hollowcylindrical skirt portion open at the bottom and closed at the top. Theskirt portion has a flange 19 extending outwardly from the bottom andhas shoulder receiving contours 13 and 14 also having outwardlyextending flanges formed in its side. The opening 15 is provided by wayof a window for the person to view the surroundings and openings 20 areprovided in the side walls of the window to receive cords 17 that mayextend downward and may be wrapped around the torso of the wearer tohold the hairdo protector in place on the wearer's shoulders and overhis or her head. The open top is closed by a generally hemisphericalshaped dome 16 that provides a contour to conform generally to the topof a hairdo. It has been discovered that it is not necessary to have ahair protector that is large enough to avoid complete contact with thehairdo, even when used in connection with an extremely fluffy type ofhairdo, such as an Afro type. Padding may be fixed to the inside wallson which the wearer can rest his or her head for sleep.

Various changes may be made in the size, shape and structure of theprotector disclosed herein without departing from the inventive concept,which is broadly novel as set forth in the appended claims.

The hairdo protector could be made of relatively thick foam plasticmaterial such as urythene foam, polystyrene foam or the like. Forexample, FIG. 5 shows a cross sectional view of a hairdo cover made offoam plastic material.

The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferredpractical forms, but the structure shown is capable of modificationwithin a range of equivalents without departing from the invention whichis to be understood is broadly novel as is commensurate with theappended claims.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property orprivilege is claimed are defined as follows:
 1. A relatively light coverfor ladies' hairdos made of plastic material, comprising a generallycylindrical skirt portion, a shoulder receiving contour formed at thelower edge of each side of said skirt portion,an open, generallyrectangular window, providing an opening extending upwardlyapproximately half the height and laterally over a major portion of thewidth of said cover, formed in the front of said skirt portion betweensaid contours, said window being open at its lower end and extendingupward and providing an open front to said protector substantially overthe entire width of the front thereof, being adapted to provide an openspace for vision of the wearer, a dome portion closing the top of saidcylindrical skirt portion, said skirt portion tapering upwardly andinwardly toward said dome shaped portion, said skirt portion beingadapted to receive the head of a person with the hairdo, and cordsattached to the sides of said window, said cords being adapted to extendabout the torso of the wearer for holding the protector in place.
 2. Thehair protector recited in claim 1 wherein the shoulder contours have aflange extending outwardly therefrom for resting on the shoulders of aperson.
 3. The hairdo protector recited in claim 1 wherein said loweropen end of said cylindrical portion has an outwardly directed flangeaffixed thereto and extending outwardly therefrom.
 4. The hairdoprotector recited in claim 1 wherein said dome is generallyhemispherically in shape.
 5. The hairdo protector recited in claim 1wherein said foam material is a porous, open pore material.
 6. Thehairdo protector recited in claim 1, wherein said cylindrical skirtportion is made of foam material said foam material being approximately3/4" thick.